Prometheus Exporter Toolkit vulnerable to basic authentication bypass
Vulnerability Description
Prometheus Exporter Toolkit is a utility package to build exporters. Prior to versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2, if someone has access to a Prometheus web.yml file and users' bcrypted passwords, they can bypass security by poisoning the built-in authentication cache. Versions 0.7.2 and 0.8.2 contain a fix for the issue. There is no workaround, but attacker must have access to the hashed password to use this functionality.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-7rg2-cxvp-9p7p
- https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/commit/5b1eab34484ddd353986bce736cd119d863e4ff5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/29/4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULVDTAI76VATRAHTKCE2SUJ4NC3PQZ6Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JRSHISR64L6QGSMDFZDNPHHIXSCAKK26/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UH24VXIB25OGHF4VGY4PLZMTGTI3BHCA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-15
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